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BP confirms identities of employees killed in Algeria

In Amenas joint venture gas facility in Algeria was attacked on January 16. Credit: Reuters

Oil giant BP confirmed the identities of three employees killed during the attack on a gas facility in Algeria, on January 16.

26-year-old Sebastian John from Nottingham, 44-year-old Carlos Estrada, originally from Columbia, but living in London as a senior manager for BP, and 58-year-old Gordon Rowan, from Oregon in the US, were killed when Islamist fighters attacked the shared gas facility in northern Algeria.